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Car of the Day: March 13, 2016; CM's '99 Ford Focus RS WRC
Topic Started: Mar 13 2016, 02:30 AM (651 Views)
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Today's car of the day is CM's' 1999 Ford Focus RS WRC.


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The Ford Focus (first generation) is a compact car which was manufactured by Ford in Europe from 1998 to 2004 and by Ford in North America from 1999 to 2007. Ford began sales of the Focus to Europe in July 1998 and in North America during 1999 for the 2000 model year. In Europe and South Africa, the Focus replaced the various Ford Escort models sold in those markets. In Asia and Australasia, it replaced the Ford Laser. The Focus RS WRC was built in 1999 to replace the Ford Escort WRC. It debuted in the Monte Carlo Rally with Colin McRae and Simon Jean-Joseph behind the wheels of the two cars. It was immediately on the pace, setting many fastest stage times, but the use of an illegal water pump meant that the two cars were excluded from the event. McRae gave the Focus its first win two events later on the Safari Rally Kenya finishing over 15 minutes ahead of the second placed Toyota of Didier Auriol.



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Even though I don't follow rally car racing (or really, any racing anymore), I am into a lot of the rally car models because they still generally keep the shape and details of their street car counterparts. I like to think that it isn't unreasonable in my small scale imagination for someone to be driving a street legal car, customized and painted to look like an actual rally car, so this Focus could be on the freeway or parked in a pizza parlor parking lot, and be believable in my mind. The brand CM's made nice replicas of 1/64 rally cars including a few variations on the Ford Focus. I've collected quite a few CM's models over the years, with the most recent influx coming from our own 250 TR. (Thanks again, Ben!)


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In Europe, the hatchback is the biggest selling body style. Despite its radical styling (the hatchback version in particular), and some controversial safety recalls in North America, the car has been a runaway success across the globe, even in the United States, where Ford has traditionally failed to successfully sell its European models. In Europe, where the Focus was positioned at the heart of the largest market segment by volume, Ford's overall market share had declined by 25% between 1995 and 2000 as the aging Ford Escort failed to match up in technological terms to the Vauxhall/Opel Astra and Volkswagen Golf without being able to achieve compensating sales volumes in the low price sector where Korean manufacturers, in particular, were becoming increasingly competitive. The Focus stopped the rot for Ford in Europe, selling particularly strongly in the UK. This was the best-selling car in the world in 1999 through 2004.



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A lovely rally CM, of course.
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Did this one come from me? I honestly can't remember the ones I didn't keep since it was such a big lot and I couldn't keep them all as much as I wanted to! Definitely adding this one to my want list either way, as it's a three for one of favorite rally details, Martini Livery, Monte Carlo rally and Colin McRae!
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This looks real nice!
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:toy: As I have said with other rally car models from CM's - awesome! So nicely detailed right down to those roof antenna! Well done WRC car!
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Mar 13 2016, 04:06 AM
Did this one come from me?
I know I added a Focus variation through you (I remember checking mine, and seeing you had a different one, so I spoke up), but I can't remember if it was this one or not. Initially, I was thinking so, but your comment has me thinking it was likely a different one.
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Those roof antennae would look right at home on a police car!
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